Search of house mite's fauna and investigation of relationship between house dust mite and allergy in the province of Hatay, Turkey

dc.authoridDegerli, Serpil/0000-0003-2229-1737
dc.contributor.authorGulkan, Burcu
dc.contributor.authorDegerli, Serpil
dc.contributor.authorCulha, Gulnaz
dc.contributor.authorSavas, Nazan
dc.contributor.authorOzcelik, Semra
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T19:52:36Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T19:52:36Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Ãœniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: This study aims to search house mite's fauna and to investigate the relationship between house dust mite prevalence and house-related risk factors and allergic diseases. Design: Cross sectional study Setting : Two hundred houses in 25 different neigborhoods in Hatay province of Turkey. Hatay province is located in East Mediterranean Region with a population of 1,519,836. It has the border with Syria. The sample was selected by clustered sociodemographic region systematic random sampling method. Subjects: Two hundred samples of house dust Intervention: A survey was used. Pearson Chi-Square test was used. Main outcome measure(s): Samples of house dust in total were analyzed according to Spieksma-Boezman method of lactic acid precipitation; and the identification of the samples in which mites were detected was made according to the Coloff's type identification key. Results: Out of 200 samples of house dust, mite was detected in 57.5% of them. The most frequently found type of mite was determined as D. pteronyssinus (72.2%). There was no significant relationship found between the mite prevalence and other criteria, except the number of rooms when the ground clearance of houses, the case of garden, carpet type, washing temperature and duration of duvets, times of the insolation of pillows and quilts, heating devices, cleaning times, insolation conditions, presence of a pet and the economic situation of the family were analyzed (p > 0.05). Conclusion It is determined that mite prevalence in the province of Hatay, Turkey is higher than many regions.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage85en_US
dc.identifier.issn0023-5776
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage78en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/7545
dc.identifier.volume51en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000488219400014en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKuwait Medical Assocen_US
dc.relation.ispartofKuwait Medical Journalen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectallergic diseasesen_US
dc.subjecthouse dust miteen_US
dc.titleSearch of house mite's fauna and investigation of relationship between house dust mite and allergy in the province of Hatay, Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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